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Christmas Overseas Gifts -- Mail Between September 15-October 15 -- U.S. Army and Navy Postal Services
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Be With Him At Every Mail Call
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The American Red Cross with the armed forces
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This booklet will confine itself to describing the work done by those American Red Cross men and women who are giving direct, personal services to the members of the armed forces on the military front or to their families on the home front. To isolate this cross section of Red Cross activity from the body of all Red Cross war work is to sacrifice the complete story of the Red Cross war jobs for the Army and Navy. That is a story of many themes -- to name only a few: jobs as essential as collecting blood for plasma; or supplying surgical dressings, comfort articles, garments for the hospitalized; or recruiting nurses; or training nurse\u27s aides.
Nevertheless, the American families of some 11,300,000 servicemen want to know the answers to particular, personal questions: What is the American Red Cross doing for the serviceman himself? What are its representatives doing for him when he is homesick and worried, bored, restless, sick or wounded? What are they doing for him in the field, the leave area, the hospital? What are they doing when he returns home, discharged, and has problems resulting from his service? The trained men and women who are, we are told, at his side -- who are they, what facilities do they have to work with, and exactly how do they work? Finally, how do the Red Cross chapters here at home help him and his family?
This booklet tries to answer these questions for the millions of deeply interested families and neighbors of men and women in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. In so doing it must stick closely to them and to those personal Red Cross services which are theirs wherever they go, whatever their jobs.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/1175/thumbnail.jp
August 8, 1945
Get PDFTouts an afternoon Tea Dance in the Pavilion at Branch Pond ... on Sunday of Camp Jordan for use by soldiers and their guests (transport from base via hourly trucks and buses); features a story about PFC. Venerable McFarland and his invention; an extensive article, with numerous photographs, of the base\u27s 58 firefighters; and details the promotion of Air Inspector Lewis W. Graham to major.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/dowfieldobserver/1005/thumbnail.jp
April 4, 1945
Get PDFFeature articles include promotion of a USO show by the Wilfred Mae Trio, features about 1st Lieutenant Armel H.C. Opp, PFC Vera Edwards, T/SGT. Irving N. Meltzer, and soldiers from away being asked about likes or dislikes about Maine.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/dowfieldobserver/1000/thumbnail.jp
July 25, 1945
Get PDFDow Field gets two new chaplains, Chaplain Edward J. Morkowski and Chaplain Paul F. Ketchum; Thomas C. Nowdy, Oliver Cormier, Edmund J. Boucher, Lester V. Vasseur, and Guy Allen answer the question What problems have confronted you since receiving your discharge? ; Major George F. Bryon is promoted to LT. COL; and we see pictures of Captain Earl R. Holm and Captain Willie Knutson.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/dowfieldobserver/1048/thumbnail.jp
November 9, 1945
Get PDFSoldiers and base personnel mentioned in this scaled-back issue of the Observer include: Henry Law; Keith Googin; Harris Mower; Kermit Clements; John Spinney & Gertrude Wood -- they were wed; Winfred Lane; Dick Rall; Irving Hoisey; and Irving S. Blau.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/dowfieldobserver/1081/thumbnail.jp
September 5, 1945
Get PDFPage One provides a photograph of LT COL Edward F. Tindell, Captain Richard Boyd, 1st LT Robert Craven, the parents of a flyer, 1st LT Donald L. Huff, who was killed in action, 1st LT Arthur E. Bowel, and Captain Melvin G. Caldwell.
SGT Thomas J. Kelly, SGT Carroll Daugherty, SGT Joseph Jenyk, CPL William J. Murphy, and SGT Gerard Steltz discuss their post war plans.
The softball champions from Squadron E are pictured. Soldiers are: T/SGT William Toles; CPL James Green, 1st LT Harold L. Little; PFC James Bright; 1st SGT Henry Trott; T/SGT Lester Grant; PFC Horace Cranford; PFC James Massey; S/SGT Clarence Riley; PFC Elmore Williams; S/SGT Joseph Brooks; CPL George McMullin; PFC Louis Brown; CPL Charles Monroe; PVT Charles Stuart; CPL William Mitchell; and PFC Orlando Hughes. Team members not pictured: PFC Fred Gaymond; PFC Harold Miller; PFC Forrest Harris, and PFC Edward Tedder.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/dowfieldobserver/1104/thumbnail.jp
Victory - Now You Can Invest In It! -- Victory Loan
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320th Engineer Battalion, 1942-1945
Get PDFThe 320th Engineer Battalion was activated as part of the 95th Infantry Division on July 15, 1942, at Camp Swift, Texas. The enlisted cadre for the Division was furnished by the 7th Infantry Division. The officer cadre had been drawn from many organizations and received refresher courses before reporting to the Division. Additional officers were received direct from Officer Candidate Schools. Maj. Gen. Harry L. Twaddle came from the War Department G-3 to take command of the Division. Lt. Col. Leland B. Kuhre came from the St. Louis Engineer District to command the 320th Engineer Battalion.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/1081/thumbnail.jp